Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1912 — Bible Prompts a Poacher to Confess [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Bible Prompts a Poacher to Confess

Indianapolis. —a Hoosier, who has “seen the light of Christianity,’' has been impelled thereby to write to George W. Miles, commissioner of fisheries and game, “peaching” on himself for hunting on a game preserve. He has confined his operations to the pursuit of the ignominious rabbit, however, and has not assaulted HKHgame blrda placed in the preserves by the state. Therefore, he sought clemency for-his “crime” and it has been meted out to him by the commissioner on the ground of lack of intent- ‘ I-'..'. The letter, in part, follow: “As I am living to an the light I have on the word of God (the Bible), I feel I ought to tell you of my banting on one or two of the game preserves, which I was only after a rabbit. The winter of I*lo I was hunting on the reserve South of Washington, between the E. jfc-L railroad and the gravel pike rpad running from Petersburg. [

Pike county, to Washington, Daviess county. I tell you thb| so you can know, the reserve. “The reason I write this is beoause I believe the Lord God intends tor us to do everything honestly before God and man. Mr. Miles answered: ' u . “Inasmuch as I am convinced that yon never had any wrongful intent, it is very easy for me to forgive you tor any possible infraction of the IAW yon may have made in hunting within a same preserve.” I The writer neglected to tell the commissioner whether ha got the ah Wt * •